Design and Realese Engineer responsible for the development of Body Interior parts from the Ford Bronco Raptor, F150 Raptor, Mustang GTD & Mustang Shelby GT500.

• Developed Instrument Panel components such as Finish Panels, Air Registers and Air Ducts, Overhead Systems and Door Trim Panel parts from important Ford North America Projects;• Led the Seats and Battery parts localization process from the New Ford Transit for the South America market (Nordex Plant - Uruguay);• Led a group of Seats Engineers as a Seat System Engineer for 3 different programs running at the same time from Ford Motor Company in Brazil; - Established… Show more • Developed Instrument Panel components such as Finish Panels, Air Registers and Air Ducts, Overhead Systems and Door Trim Panel parts from important Ford North America Projects;• Led the Seats and Battery parts localization process from the New Ford Transit for the South America market (Nordex Plant - Uruguay);• Led a group of Seats Engineers as a Seat System Engineer for 3 different programs running at the same time from Ford Motor Company in Brazil; - Established tasks priorities from the engineering group aiming to have all program milestones achieved on time until the end of the project; - Managed and reported the program budgets for piece price, tooling and validation for all seats parts for the engineering chief and program chief in a weekly basis; - Guaranteed that all of the parts suppliers are engaged to the project to make sure that all required activities were delivered on time and with the expected quality; - Participated and supported physically the Ford Program Launches Phases; Show less

- Led a group of Interior Trim Engineers and interns responsible for reviewing in a weekly basis the engineering activities from each group establishing the help required heath charts and look ahead of the activities; - Visited OEMs and Suppliers with the Team Leader in order to show the Bertrandt Portfolio and identify new business opportunities for the company; - Participated on the quotes construction to European OEMs and Suppliers for new business;

- Led multi-functional engineers from Ford Germany from the Climate Control System Engineering Team (Compressor, Condenser, AC lines, HVAC) from CD platform projects from Ford Germany;- Managed BOM and Engineering Budgets from the Climate Control System Engineering related topiece price, vendor tooling, engineering development and validation tests aligned with the suppliers from each part aiming to attend the project timing on time;- Reported the project status from the engineering… Show more - Led multi-functional engineers from Ford Germany from the Climate Control System Engineering Team (Compressor, Condenser, AC lines, HVAC) from CD platform projects from Ford Germany;- Managed BOM and Engineering Budgets from the Climate Control System Engineering related topiece price, vendor tooling, engineering development and validation tests aligned with the suppliers from each part aiming to attend the project timing on time;- Reported the project status from the engineering deliveries to the project management team and engineering managers in a weekly basis;- Attended physically the prototype and launch phases at the European Ford plants reporting the engineering assembly issues and consolidating the temporary and permanent engineering actions aligned with the functional engineers; Show less

- Led multi-functional working groups of engineers from Body Interior Engineering (overhead systems, center console, floor carpets, instrument panel, compressor, condenser, AC line, HVAC, seat belts, steering wheel, air bags, acoustic insulators, trim pillars, door panel, seats and package tray) located in Brazil, USA, Germany, Mexico, China, Thailand and India for Ford global projects from B platform;- Supported engineering supervisors and managers from functional areas on defining project… Show more - Led multi-functional working groups of engineers from Body Interior Engineering (overhead systems, center console, floor carpets, instrument panel, compressor, condenser, AC line, HVAC, seat belts, steering wheel, air bags, acoustic insulators, trim pillars, door panel, seats and package tray) located in Brazil, USA, Germany, Mexico, China, Thailand and India for Ford global projects from B platform;- Supported engineering supervisors and managers from functional areas on defining project assumptions, engineering budgets and headcount required from the project start until the end of the project;- Interacted with the project management teams to guarantee that the project phases are attended on time thru weekly meetings with the working groups to define priorities and activities from each project phase;- Reported the project status (financing, purchasing and engineering) in a weekly basis to the engineering manager and project chief engineer;- Controlled and reported engineering budgets during the project for piece price, vendor tooling, engineering development and validation tests, travels and headcount to the engineering and project management teams;- Presented the engineering development matters during the project on engineering and purchasing forums to the engineering and purchasing managers;- Supported physically prototype and launch phases (vehicle prototype, tooling try-out, pilot production, mass production and “ok to buy”) in some Ford plants around the world (Chennai-India and Rayong-Thailand);- Managed parts deliveries from suppliers on time to the effective beginning of each prototype and launch phases;- Reported engineering assembly issues during the prototype and launch phases to functional engineers managing the implementation of temporary and permanent actions on time avoiding delays on each phase completion;- Managed appropriate handover of the project to the Manufacturing Quality Teams after ok to buy given plus 90 days (J1+90); Show less

- Developed the complete overhead system (headliner, sun visors, grab handles and overhead console) from the global new EcoSport 2012 (B515 Project); * Interacted closely with the Design Studio in order to have the development of the parts aligned with the parts requirements and feasibility; * Joined the global forums for defining the Project Assumptions and Engineering Budgets with the engineering teams from Ford USA; * Reported the… Show more - Developed the complete overhead system (headliner, sun visors, grab handles and overhead console) from the global new EcoSport 2012 (B515 Project); * Interacted closely with the Design Studio in order to have the development of the parts aligned with the parts requirements and feasibility; * Joined the global forums for defining the Project Assumptions and Engineering Budgets with the engineering teams from Ford USA; * Reported the engineering matters and the consequent corrective actions to the engineering managers and project chief engineer on management forums; * Led the purchasing and financing teams responsible for analyzing the supplier quotes and cost breakdowns, negotiate the piece prices and engineering development and validation costs from suppliers aiming to attend the project cost targets for each project phase on time; * Supported physically the prototype and launch phases (vehicle prototype, tooling try-out,pilot production, mass production and “ok to buy”) at Ford plants located in Camacari-Brazil, Dearborn-USA and Chennai-India attending the engineering assembly issues demands implementing temporary and permanent engineering actions to avoid delays on the completion of each phase;- Implemented cost reduction actions for Body Interior parts (seats, central console, instrument panel, headliner, carpets and acoustic insulators) aiming to achieve the company annual cost reduction objectives;- Led the Global Commodity Business Plan for headliner and carpets aiming to define global engineering requirements and cost reduction ideas from parts communization with the other Ford engineering development centers in the world (USA, Europe, India and China);- Led the NVH Insulators Mega Project (hood insulator, inner dash insulator, carpet insulator, trim insulator, headliner insulator) aiming to replace glass fibers to natural fibers; Show less

- Defined the engineering targets for Fit&Finish and SRI for Body Interior and Exterior parts for each project;- Managed the global Perceived Quality requirements attendance through weekly Master Sections and Feasibility meetings aligned with the functional engineers of each part throughout the project;- Ran Craftsmanship quality audits on competitor vehicles to be used for defining the Craftsmanship targets for the Ford Projects;